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  • SummerWorks
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    Studies by Brookings and the Annie E Casey Foundation show the importance of youth employment. Having a job as a teenager (ages 16 to 18) predicts a higher likelihood of having a quality job (including higher wages) in adulthood. Missing out on an early work experience can have long-term negative effects on future employment and lifetime earnings. But not all youth have access to jobs in their teen and early adult years with low income youth of color least likely to secure any type of employment. Before COVID, there were over 29,000 young people in the Portland-Vancouver Metro region who are...// Read more
    Tags: Youth Workforce
  • Washington County Economic Indicators
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  • Code Oregon: Sierra's Story
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    Bay area native Sierra Haager dropped out of high school to work in the world of indie music. In 2013 when the cost of living in San Francisco became more than she could handle, she and her husband moved to Portland. There they started a record label working day and night in their living room. Although they were getting by, they were anxious to acquire the technology skills that they had come to associate with upward mobility. Both considered themselves to be total beginners. They began learning new technology skills through Code Oregon in July, 2014 and quickly completed a variety of courses...// Read more
  • WorkSource Partners
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    Worksystems convenes and coordinates a wide array of partners connected to the WorkSource system. These include both “co-located” partners who provide services onsite at WorkSource Centers as well as organizations that are not physically onsite but have programmatic connections to WorkSource. Some are funded by Worksystems while others are separately funded and partner with WorkSource in order to provide better services through a collaborative system approach. WorkSource Portland Metro partners include: Beaverton School District Bridges to Change Central City Concern Centro Cultural CODA...// Read more